In the coming days, weeks, and months, moderate Democrats and their allies in the media will try to convince you that Zohran Mamdani’s improbable victory on Tuesday does not matter. They will say that New York City is not like the rest of the country. A 34-year-old Muslim democratic socialist with little political experience can win the mayoralty there, sure, but could he win anywhere else? Mamdani’s campaign may have been built on a series of tactile, eminently achievable, and frankly small-